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Trivia: Bob Hamman mentioned in the article is the famous professional Bridge player (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Hamman https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob

Trivia: Bob Hamman mentioned in the article is the famous professional Bridge player (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Hamman https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Hamman). Interesting how the game and his profession is about managing odds of uncertain events...

bombcar 3y ago
As an aside bridge is a really amazing game, quite worth the effort to learn.
- snarf21 3y ago
  It is an amazing game but it is very hard to find young people willing to devote 40 hours to become even slightly proficient at the bidding systems. I've currently designed a card game that aims to have "a lot" of the complexity of Bridge but with simple bidding system. It has been going well in testing thus far.
  - 1123581321 3y ago
    To find young players, try posting something with college math departments. I met the most young local bridge players through the area community college. I'm interested in trying your game if testing is open. I find simpler trick games (hearts, euchre, spades, some branded card games like The Crew) get people ready for simple bidding using bridge rules, but they don't do anything to teach the concept of using bids to communicate beyond the bid's face value.
    - snarf21 3y ago
      I've put my contact info in my profile temporarily .. Email me and we can set something up!
      - 1123581321 3y ago
        Thanks. Sent!
  - andy-j 3y ago
    How does it differ from, say, Euchre or Kaiser?
    - snarf21 3y ago
      Like contract Bridge, there is always a Dummy which adds a lot of strategic depth. The Dummy is played via a very simple automata that players can leverage against the other players. This game is not teams, but is basically everyone against the Declarer. It also contains a doubling step pre-play that pulls in some of the strategy of vulnerable/double/redouble from Bridge. It uses a larger deck size similar to Bridge so you have a lot of information about what remains when trying to make your contract and make others miss theirs.

bombcar 3y ago

As an aside bridge is a really amazing game, quite worth the effort to learn.

snarf21 3y ago
It is an amazing game but it is very hard to find young people willing to devote 40 hours to become even slightly proficient at the bidding systems. I've currently designed a card game that aims to have "a lot" of the complexity of Bridge but with simple bidding system. It has been going well in testing thus far.
- 1123581321 3y ago
  To find young players, try posting something with college math departments. I met the most young local bridge players through the area community college. I'm interested in trying your game if testing is open. I find simpler trick games (hearts, euchre, spades, some branded card games like The Crew) get people ready for simple bidding using bridge rules, but they don't do anything to teach the concept of using bids to communicate beyond the bid's face value.
  - snarf21 3y ago
    I've put my contact info in my profile temporarily .. Email me and we can set something up!
    - 1123581321 3y ago
      Thanks. Sent!
- andy-j 3y ago
  How does it differ from, say, Euchre or Kaiser?
  - snarf21 3y ago
    Like contract Bridge, there is always a Dummy which adds a lot of strategic depth. The Dummy is played via a very simple automata that players can leverage against the other players. This game is not teams, but is basically everyone against the Declarer. It also contains a doubling step pre-play that pulls in some of the strategy of vulnerable/double/redouble from Bridge. It uses a larger deck size similar to Bridge so you have a lot of information about what remains when trying to make your contract and make others miss theirs.